Season 5, Episode 42: Book Recs from Friends + Gateway Books

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

• Bookish Moments: behind the scenes content and a literary festival

• Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

• Deep Dive: the best “gateway” books to get a new or struggling reader addicted

• The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! 

We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans!

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1:37 - Bookish Moment of the Week

1:54 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Summer Reading GuideSarah’s Patreon if you want access to Summer Shelves 

2:17 - What Should I Read Next Episode 381

4:20 - Pango Books

6:42  - Current Reads

7:11 - What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline (Meredith) 

7:23 - Fabled Bookshop

11:30 - Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline

11:52 - We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange

12:50 - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig (Kaytee)

13:02 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

13:06 - How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

13:32 - CR Season 5: Episode 30

14:09 - Fable App

17:20 - The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Meredith)

17:25 - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen

20:24 - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

21:24 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

22:13 - The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements (Kaytee)

22:19 - The Novel Neighbor

24:23 - Sarah’s Bookshelves 2022 Summer Reading Guide

25:41 - Blue Monday by Nicci French (Meredith)

31:42 - My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson (Kaytee)

33:09 - Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

34:44 - Gateway Books

37:04 - What Should I Read Next

37:51 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

38:15 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

38:18 - Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

38:49 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

40:05 - Calypso by David Sedaris

40:13 - The Anthroprocene Reviewed by John Green

41:14 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

42:19 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

42:31 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

44:03 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

44:05 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle

44:37 - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

45:12 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King

45:42 - Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

45:45 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

46:57 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

47:09 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

48:10 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

48:31 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow

49:08 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

50:25 - Meet Us At The Fountain

51:39 - The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Whyss

52:46 - I wish someone would write a story about The Forbidden Island of Niihau (Meredith)

54:08 - I wish for a reading cafe. (Kaytee)

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